Definition of "rosewood" [rose•wood]

• Any of various tropical or semitropical leguminous trees of the genera Tipuana, Pterocarpus, or Dalbergia, having hard reddish or dark wood with a strongly marked grain. (noun)
• The wood of any of these trees, used in cabinetwork. (noun)

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• "These are cheap, Myra, but a lovely design in rosewood, I think."
• "Kyvelos says Indian rosewood is popular for making ouds."
• "From a steel engraving framed in rosewood that hangs in my Uncle Wilkinson's parlour."